Notable Analyst Rating Changes 9/15: EBAY, YHOO, CBS, XRX, BT Upgraded; GE, CSX, FLIR, FMCN, HNSN Downgraded

September 15, 2009 10:41 AM EDT

StreetInsider.com Notable Analyst Rating Changes:

UPGRADES:
eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) upgraded at UBS and Piper Jaffray.

Bernstein lifted its investment rating on Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) shares from Market Perform to Outperform.

Wells Fargo upgrades CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) from Market Perform to Outperform. Click here to see some more color on the upgrade.

Barclays upgrades Xerox (NYSE: XRX) from Equalweight to Overweight. Price target increased from $8 to $12.

Credit Suisse upgrades BT Group (NYSE: BT) from Neutral to Outperform.

For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Upgrades

DOWNGRADES:
Hilliard Lyons lowered its rating on General Electric (NYSE: GE) from Buy to Long-Term Buy, citing recent share appreciation. The firm said GE Finance appears to have stabilized, but a recovery could be slow at best.

Stifel Nicolaus downgrades CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) from Buy to Hold. The firm dropped its $48 price target.

J.P. Morgan downgrades FLIR Systems (Nasdaq: FLIR) from Overweight to Neutral. Price target $27.50.

Deutsche Bank downgrades Focus Media (Nasdaq: FMCN) to Hold. Click here to see the full report.

ARGUS downgrades Hansen Medical (Nasdaq: HNSN) from Hold to Sell.

For daily real-time Downgrades go to http://www.streetinsider.com/Downgrades

NEW COVERAGE:
Avago Technologies (Nasdaq: AVGO) started at: Deutsche with a Buy, Morgan Stanley at Overweight, Citi at Hold, Credit Suisse at Outperform, FTN Equity at Buy and Barclays at Overweight.

BofA starts coverage on Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) and Carnival (NYSE: CCL) at Buy.

UBS initiates coverage on Western Digital (NYSE: WDC) with a Buy rating.

For daily real-time New Coverage go to http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage


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AVGO 15.86

+0.36 +2.32%
Volume: 61,579
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BT 23.83

-0.86 -3.48%
Volume: 62,547
Track BT

CBS 13.17

-0.38 -2.80%
Volume: 3,766,890
Track CBS

CCL 32.02

-1.01 -3.06%
Volume: 1,826,333
Track CCL

CSX 47.53

-0.67 -1.39%
Volume: 1,951,897
Track CSX

EBAY 23.22

-0.39 -1.65%
Volume: 6,797,548
Track EBAY

FLIR 28.79

-0.53 -1.81%
Volume: 541,606
Track FLIR

FMCN 12.83

-0.12 -0.93%
Volume: 999,826
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GE 15.94

-0.24 -1.48%
Volume: 60,917,551
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HNSN 2.51

-0.12 -4.56%
Volume: 185,021
Track HNSN

RCL 24.14

-0.75 -3.01%
Volume: 1,727,438
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WDC 37.50

-0.96 -2.50%
Volume: 1,497,522
Track WDC

XRX 7.79

-0.12 -1.52%
Volume: 5,044,056
Track XRX

YHOO 15.00

-0.30 -1.96%
Volume: 11,452,844
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